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Seachem Purigen Need Advice

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Quite some time back I purchased a 100ml bag of Seachem Purigen to test out in my 20 gallon. I could rave about it like I was hired for a commercial, so I will spare you the love I have for this product. I would like to use it in my other tanks, but I have an issue.

The 100ml bag fits (just barely squeezing) into my AC30, but it doesn't have a hope in hades of fitting into the AC20's on my other tanks. I can't seem to find filter bags that are tight enough weave so that I could buy the loose Purigen and use them in those smaller filters.

Does anyone have any advice on where to find such small filter bags that would hold Purigen? Thanks for any help!

Just a suggestion that I give to everyone with nitrate or algae issues - since you are trying to remove nitrates (I assume since that is what this product is best used for) why pay for a chemical time and time again?

In tank algae scrubbers are available that remove not only nitrates but phosphates and once the up front cost are paid (very little if you make your own), you don't have to continue to buy chemicals and will save $$$ over the years. Also, an in tank algae scrubber removes all sorts of toxic wastes and many organics. Being so small, it really does not cause an eye issue - I use a small piece of driftwood to hide my unit. While the scrubber can easily fit and hide in a 10 gal tank, my tiny unit handles the 75 gal and five discus.

You can either make or buy a unit. Just send me an e-mail and I'll give you the site. By the way, I do not have any interest what-so-ever in the person doing this site. I am just so amazed by the performance of the unit I bought that I really think everyone with fish should use this incredible filter. The amount of water changes this unit saves me is amazing (nitrates stay lower than my tap!) and my algae problems are gone (those plagued me for years! Darn phosphates; I used chemicals for a awhile but the cost was so high but someone here pointed out these units. I still cannot believe that no one thought of these units until recently.)

By the way, a while ago (before learning about scrubbers) I paid $$$ for a commercial nitrate remover that uses bacteria and needs to be fed. It worked but killed five of my discus due to the company’s grossly poor instructions. Lesson learned. Algae scrubbers, besides being safe, are so simple - no feeding!

Last edited by Cermet; 11-23-2012 at 01:45 PM.

Knowledge is fun(damental)

A 75 gal with eight Discus, fake plants, and a lot of wood also with sand substrate. Clean up crew is down to just two Sterba's Corys. Filters: continuous new water flow; canister w/UV, in-tank algae scrubber!! Finally, junked the nitrate removal unit from hell.

When I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... KingfisherEverything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions. I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
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Actually, I don't use it for algae, but for dissolved organics. Especially in my 20 gal, with Snails and Oto cats, which are fed vegetable matter. Though the tanks are clean and nitrates are down, the food items can haze the water.

Purigen has given this particular tank an "Is there water actually in there??" look...... they look like they are floating in air it is so crystal clear. My tap water, sadly, leaves a lot to be desired, and I wanted to try something with a longer active life than carbon, which IMO is useless.

My neon tank has had a "haze" to the water for a few weeks since adding in a dose of Seachem stability, that water changes and meticulous maintenance are not putting a dent in no matter how hard I try. This tank, as well as my others, has great stability, and all water Parameters, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and below 5 of nitrate, so Purigen is mostly for aesthetic qualities.

I appreciate the information though, as that may be helpful to me in the future. I am intrigued though, can you message me the link to the site? I am now curious as the get out to see what that's about. Not sure I could do it for all my tanks (have four currently lol), but its worth investigating.